Manufacturing Production Planner

Hiring a Manufacturing Production Planner works closely with Production Planning and Operations to ensure shop orders move efficiently through manufacturing processes and are completed on schedule.

The Manufacturing Production Planner role tracks production progress, coordinates material availability, identifies bottlenecks, and communicates status updates across departments.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor and track shop orders through assembly, inspection, testing, rework, and final assembly.
• Coordinate with Production, Warehouse, and Supply Chain teams to ensure materials, kits, documentation, and resources are available for scheduled builds.
• Identify production delays, shortages, bottlenecks and escalate issues to support on-time completion.
• Expedite movement of materials and work-in-process between departments. Maintain and communicate accurate shop order status, shortages, and expected completion dates.
• Assist with ERP transactions and production documentation as needed.
• Support production priorities while ensuring compliance with quality, safety, ESD, and traceability

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• 1-3 years of manufacturing, production control, planning, scheduling, expediting, or related experience.
• Experience in an electronics manufacturing environment preferred.
• Strong communication, organization, and problem-solving skills. Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including sorting, filtering, pivot tables, and VLOOKUPs.
• Experience with ERP/MRP systems preferred

Monitor and track shop orders through assembly, inspection, testing, rework, and final assembly. Coordinate with Production, Warehouse, and Supply Chain teams to ensure materials, kits, documentation, and resources are available for scheduled builds.